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Table 2 Laboratory baseline findings and underlying heart diseases of the study population

From: Epidemiology and long-term prognosis of atrial fibrillation in rural African patients

Parameter

Value

Serum glucose (mmol/l), mean ± SD

4.68 ± 1.31

Hemoglobin (g/dl), mean ± SD

11.74 ± 1.97

Serum creatinine (μmol/l), mean ± SD

123.1 ± 56.48

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2), mean ± SD

61.67 ± 24.66

Uric acid (μmol/l), mean ± SD

387.81 ± 101.54

Serum potassium (mmol/l), mean ± SD

3.97 ± 0.49

Serum calcium (mmol/l), mean ± SD

2.1 ± 0.23

Sodium (mmol/l), mean ± SD

135.55 ± 8.28

QRS duration (milliseconds), mean ± SD

110.35 ± 9.28

Left bundle block branch, n (%)

13 (12.87)

Left atrium diameter (mm), mean ± SD

46.04 ± 7.06

Left atrium surface (cm2), mean ± SD

23.73 ± 6.50

LVEF (%), mean ± SD

41.4 ± 17

LVEF < 40%, n (%)

60 (59.41)

LVEF = 40–49%, n (%)

9 (8.91)

LVEF ≥ 50%, n (%)

32 (31.68)

Left ventricular filling pressure (E/E’), mean ± SD

14.68 ± 4.65

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, n (%)

75 (74.26)

Heart diseases and etiologies

 

 Hypertensive heart disease, n (%)

46 (45.54)

 Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, n (%)

21 (20.79)

 Valvular heart disease, n (%)

10 (9.90)

 Restrictive cardiomyopathy, n (%)

8 (7.92)

 Ischemic heart disease, n (%)

6 (5.94)

 Hyperthyroidism, n (%)

3 (2.97)

 Lone AF, n (%)

7 (6.90)

  1. SD standard deviation, eGFr estimated glomerular filtration rate using CKD-EPI formula, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, AF atrial fibrillation